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György Gergely receives Distinguished Contribution Award at ICIS 2026

August 25, 2026
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Gyorgy Gergely, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Cognitive Science at Central European University, has received the Distinguished Contribution Award at the ICIS 2026 Congress.

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CEU Cognitive Development Conference Brings Leading Researchers to Budapest

February 5, 2026
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CEU’s Cognitive Development Center hosted the 16th annual Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development (BCCCD) from January 15-17 at the university’s Budapest site, bringing together more than 250 cognitive science researchers and labs from around the world.  

Central European University Joins Groundbreaking Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience

April 29, 2025

Researchers from Central European University (CEU) are joining a major new international effort launched by the Simons Foundation to understand how internal models in the brain guide behavior in real-world, complex environments.

"Why do coherent belief systems sometimes tolerate incoherence?" New Special Research Area funded by FWF

April 25, 2025
Principal Investigators of the "Why do coherent belief systems sometimes tolerate incoherence?" research project

"Why Do Coherent Belief Systems Tolerate Incoherence? Belief Update Failures in Society"  project approved for FWF’s Special Research Areas funding - € 3.8 million over four years, with a possibility of extension to another four years. 

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